IamMyBeloveds Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 JMJT To all of us Carmelites or Carmelites-at-heart, Happy Feast Day of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity on November 8th! Here is a link to a video about her life I put together if you'd like to know more about her. Enjoy! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSH2eJfGbh8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSH2eJfGbh8[/url]
MarysLittleFlower Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 thanks for the video! :D It's wonderful I find Blessed Elizabeth very inspiring. I'm glad to know more about her life God bless!
dominicansoul Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 VERY NICE!!! I am going to share this with Sr. Mary Elizabeth, O.P., who's named after her!!!
Lil'Monster Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 [quote name='dominicansoul' timestamp='1320719568' post='2333020'] VERY NICE!!! I am going to share this with Sr. Mary Elizabeth, O.P., who's named after her!!! [/quote] but she's dominican
BarbTherese Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 (edited) Lovely video! I was drawn by the way the expression in her eyes changed from childhood and a rather angry look (her 'tantrum' years) to the serene and direct look of her noviciate years. Eyes that suffer and know serene joy, too. Blessed Elizabeth of The Trinity please teach us to live in praise of God's Glory in a quiet and recollected heart - Amen. Edited November 8, 2011 by BarbaraTherese
MarysLittleFlower Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 I shared the video if you don't mind
IamMyBeloveds Posted November 8, 2011 Author Posted November 8, 2011 Share all you like! That's why I made it. I love her dearly because she has been a true intercessor for me throughout my vocational journey. My baptismal name is the same as hers, but after St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (who I also admire). I always jokingly like to say that my parents were actually unknowingly naming me after Bl. Elizabeth. When I entered Carmel, I took her name as my religious name, Sr. Mary Elizabeth. When I re-enter next year after some time away from the community, I was told I will get to receive her as my namesake once again!! Joy!! She is a truly powerful intercessor. Happy Feast Day everyone!!
Chiquitunga Posted November 8, 2011 Posted November 8, 2011 Beautiful!!! Thank you!!! I love her very much too!! So great to hear of her intercession in your life! No doubt you have, [url="http://www.amazon.com/Light-Love-Life-Elizabeth-Trinity/dp/0935216073"][i]Light Love Life[/i][/url] .. this video is like a little preview of it :book: Also I love your song choice, Eyna's China Roses. It's one of the songs I have memorized for playing on the piano - very easy to play :j http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7GVBD_5fXI
IamMyBeloveds Posted November 9, 2011 Author Posted November 9, 2011 [quote name='Chiquitunga' timestamp='1320780280' post='2333289'] Beautiful!!! Thank you!!! I love her very much too!! So great to hear of her intercession in your life! No doubt you have, [url="http://www.amazon.com/Light-Love-Life-Elizabeth-Trinity/dp/0935216073"][i]Light Love Life[/i][/url] .. this video is like a little preview of it :book: Also I love your song choice, Eyna's China Roses. It's one of the songs I have memorized for playing on the piano - very easy to play :j [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7GVBD_5fXI[/media] [/quote] I actually don't have Light, Love, Life. I'm reading one right now called "Praise of Glory", which is very good!! I really enjoyed listening to your piano piece! I love it! I am also a pianist (another reason why Bl. Elizabeth appeals to me! hehe) I am going to watch the above video closely and learn how to play this too! Thank you for posting it! So beautiful!!
brandelynmarie Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 [quote name='BarbaraTherese' timestamp='1320720484' post='2333032'] Lovely video! I was drawn by the way the expression in her eyes changed from childhood and a rather angry look (her 'tantrum' years) to the serene and direct look of her noviciate years. Eyes that suffer and know serene joy, too. Blessed Elizabeth of The Trinity please teach us to live in praise of God's Glory in a quiet and recollected heart - Amen. [/quote] Yes! You can just see God's grace working with her through her eyes! The eyes are definitely a window on a person's soul. [quote name='IamMyBeloveds' timestamp='1320721273' post='2333041'] My baptismal name is the same as hers, but after St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (who I also admire). I always jokingly like to say that my parents were actually unknowingly naming me after Bl. Elizabeth. When I entered Carmel, I took her name as my religious name, Sr. Mary Elizabeth. When I re-enter next year after some time away from the community, I was told I will get to receive her as my namesake once again!! Joy!! She is a truly powerful intercessor. Happy Feast Day everyone!! [/quote] Beutiful, beautiful video ! I had not seen that photo of her laying down in her cell before. My confirmation name is also Elizabeth after St. Elizabeth Anne Seton. Buuuuuut I also claim St. Elizabeth, John the Baptist's mom & all other Elizabeths as my patrons as well! I have always loved Blessed Elizabeth...she speaks to my heart! Hmmm...I must be a Carmelite heart stuck in a Dominican body....sound familiar? [quote name='Lil'Monster' timestamp='1320806942' post='2333516'] nuns are sneaky..... [/quote] Yes, but in a good way
Lil'Monster Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 [quote name='brandelynmarie' timestamp='1320813075' post='2333574'] Yes, but in a good way [/quote] And it could be a bad way though...cuz they might end up calling me Lil Nunster at the retreat
Chiquitunga Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 [quote name='IamMyBeloveds' timestamp='1320803641' post='2333475'] I actually don't have Light, Love, Life. I'm reading one right now called "Praise of Glory", which is very good!! I really enjoyed listening to your piano piece! I love it! I am also a pianist (another reason why Bl. Elizabeth appeals to me! hehe) I am going to watch the above video closely and learn how to play this too! Thank you for posting it! So beautiful!! [/quote] Oh you'd love it!!! It's really just a picture book, but with selections of her writings all arranged [i]beautifully[/i] like in your video And many pictures of her I've never seen anywhere else like the one in my profile picture. I need to get a better scan of it. The book is out of print, but soo worth the second hand price, although I'm sure your Sisters will have it Oh and just to clarify in case, that isn't me myself playing the piano there, though I have thought of uploading some like he has too .. my piano is terribly [i]terribly[/i] out of tune though. But yes, that video helped me learn it and I also have [url="http://www.amazon.com/Enya-Paint-Sky-Stars/dp/0793593328/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1320816271&sr=8-2"]the music.[/url] Lots of beautiful pieces there. I don't like that Enya is kind of New Age really :/ .. but a lot of her music is really beautiful. And she is Catholic for sure. *prayers* for her. It would be wonderful if she created really Catholic music and lyrics and all Blessed Elizabeth, pray for us!
Chiquitunga Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Oh and here's the same guy playing that piece from the top, which I found most helpful, though I like the other video better. The music says to play it slowly which is nice. Though it's fun to play fast too. Also, you may be tempted like I was not do the little flip this guy does with his left hand to reach the last note there. But I really hurt my hand trying to just stretch it at first, so I relearned it with the flip and it's much better. So yeah Hope that makes sense. I'm really a beginner at the piano if you couldn't tell (edit: just read you said you're a pianist, you'll learned this in a flash :j) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ux9KGxor64[/media] And my favorite part, [u]especially to play[/u] once you get it down [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=I7GVBD_5fXI#t=64s"][b]here[/b][/url]. Love this!! Edited November 9, 2011 by Chiquitunga
faithcecelia Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 This is lovely, thank you. Elizabeth of the Trinity was the first Carmelite saint (I call her a saint already ) who I took to, I like her simplicity and the fact that she isn't sickly sweet, there is a very grounded feel to her writings, even when she is talking about heavenly things.
BarbTherese Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Carmelite saints, of course, not only are admired and taken up as masters of the spiritual life, each in their own way. I was reading something I copied off the internet a couple of days ago and if memory serves, I think it was by a Dominican. He frequently quoted from both St. Teresa of Avila and also St. John of The Cross - no other saints or spiritual authors., not even St. Dominica or Thomas Aquinas. I think St. Thomas was a Dominican.
marigold Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 I like both the Elizabeth and the China Roses vids Nice how it keeps going off into minor; at first I was like 'Is her piano out of tune?' but on second listen it's very lovely and original.
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